Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-11-06

woman first came to do the housework),
his lordship complained of a sore throat,
and of a feeling of oppression on the chest.
On this day, and again on the 10th, her
ladyship and the baron entreated him to
see a doctor. He still refused. i dou't
want strange faces sbout me; my cold will
run its course, in spite ofthe doctor'-that
was his answer. On the 18th he was so
much worse, that it was decided to send
for medical help whether he liked it or not.
Baron Rivar, after inquiry at the consuls
secured the services OF DIR. Bruno, well
known as an eminent physician i'll Venice,
with the additional recommendation Of
having resided in England, and having
made himself acquainted with English
forms of medical practice.
THUS far, our account of his lordship's
illness has been derived from statements
made by Lady Montbarry. The narrative
will now be most fitly continued in the
language of the DOCTORS own report, here
with subjoined.
"'My medical diary informs mt that l
first saw the English lord, M~ontbarry, on
November II. He was suffering from a
sharp attack of bronchitis. Some precious
time had been lost, through his obstinate
objection to the presence Of medical mar
at his bedside. Generally speaking, he
appeared to be in a delicate state OF health.
His nervous system was out of Order-he
was at once timid and contradictory.
When / spoke to him in English he answer
ed in italian, and when l tried him in
Italian he went back to English. 1t mat
tered little-the malady had already made
such progress that he could only speak a
.ew words at a time, and those in a whis-
per.
az at once applied the necessary m
dies. Copies of my prescriptions with
translation into Rnglish) accompany the
present statements and are left to speak
for themselves.
"'FOr the next three days l was in con-
slant attendance on my patient. He an
swered to the remedies employed-improv-
ing slowly, but decidedly. | could con-
scientiously assure Lady Montbarry thst
no danger was to he apprehended thus far.
She was indeed q most devoted wife. l
vainly ~endeavored to induce her to accept
the services of a competent nurse: she
would allow nobody to attend on her hus-
band bnt herself. Night and day this es-
Unable woman was at his bedside. In
her brief intervals of repOse her brother
watched the sick man in her place. This
brother was, | must say, very good COM
PAM in the intervals when we had time
for a little talA He dabbled in chemistry
down in the horrid under water vaults OF
the palace, and he wanted to show me
some of his experiments. | have enough
of chemistry in writing prescriptions, and
| declined. He took it quite good hu-
mOredly.
"'I am straying away from my subject.
Let me return to the sick lord.
cup to the Goth, then, things went
well enough. was quite unprepared for
the disastrous change that showed itself
when | paid Lord Moutbarry my morning
visit on the 2lst. lie had relaDSed, and
seriously relapsed. Examining him 10
discover the cause, | found symptoms OF
pneumOnia-that is to say, in unmedical
language, inflammation of the substance
of the lungs. He breathed with difficulty,
and was only partially able to relieve HIM
self by coughing. | made the s~trictest in
%uuiries, and was assured that his medicine
had been administered as carefully as
usual, and that he had not been exposed
to any changes oftemprature. 1t was with
great reluctance that I added to Lady
Montbarry's distress; but l felt bound,
when she suggested a consultation with an
other physician, to own that l too thought
there was really need for it.
"'Her ladyship instructed me to spare
no expense, and to set the best medical
opinion in Italy. The best opinion was
happily within our reach. The first and
foremost of Italian physicians is TOrello of
Padua. / sent q special messenger for the
great man. He arrived on the evening Of
the 21st, and confirmed my opinion that
pneumonia had setin, and that our patients
life was in danger. / told him what my
treatment of the case had been, and he APP
proved of it in every particular. He made
some valuable suggestions, and Cat Lady
Montbarry's express request) he consented
tn defer his return to Padua until the fol-
lowing morning.
eve both saw the patient at intervals
in the course of the night. The disease,
steadily advancing, set our utmost resist
ance at defiance. In the morning Doctor
Torello took his leave. 81 can be of no
further use" he said to me. "The man is
past all help-and he ought to know it,"
"'Later in the day 1 warned my lord,
as gently as | could, that his time had
come. / am informed that there are serious
reasons for nv stating what passed be-
tween us on this occasion, in detail, and
without any reserve. l comply with the
request.
"Lord Montbarry received the intel
ligence of his approaching death with be-
coming compOSure, hut with q certain
doubt. He signed to me to put my ear to
his mouth. He whispered. family, care
You sure?" 1t was no time to deceive him
I said, Positively sure" He waited n
little, gasping for breath, and then he
whispered again, Feel under my pillow"
I found under his pillow a letter. sealed
and stamped, ready for the post. His next
words were Just audible and no more
post it Yourself" answered, of course,
that | would do sO--and l did post the let
ter with my W hand. I looked at the
address. It was directed to a lady in Lon
don. The street I cannot remember. The
name l can perfectly recall; it was an
Italian name--"Mrs. Ferrari."
""That night my lord nearly died of as
phyxia. I got him through it for the
time; and his eyes showed that he under
stood me when I told him, the next morn
ing. that / had posted the letter. This
was his last effort of consciousness. When
l saw him again he:was sunk in apathy.
He fingered in a state of insensibility, sup
ported nv stimulants, until the 25th, and
died Unconscious to the last on the even
ing of that day.
GAS to the cause of his death, it seems,
i'll NAV he excused for saying 40, simply
absured to ask the question. Bronchitis,
terminating in pheumonia-there is no
more doubt that this, and this only, was
the malady of which he expired, than that
two and two make four. Doctor Torello's
own note of the case is added here to a
duplicate of my certificate, in order, as |
am informed, to satisfy some English
offices in which his lordship's life was in
sured. The English offices must have been
founded by that celebrated saint and
donbter, mentioned in the New Testament,